Lae

LAE may refer to:

• Local area emergency, by Specific Area Message Encoding
• Least absolute errors, an alternate name for least absolute deviations in statistics
• Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, Spanish lottery
• Popular Unity (Greece) (, Laïkí Enótita), a left-wing political party in Greece
• Lae, the capital of Morobe Province and the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea
• Lae Atoll, atoll in the Marshall Islands|
• HMAS Lae, two Australian warships
• LAE-32 (D-Lysergic acid ethylamide), a derivative of ergine
• Lae language, also known as Aribwatsa, an extinct member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in the area of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River and at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highlands region and the coast. Lae is the largest cargo port of the country and is the industrial hub of Papua New Guinea. The city is known as the Garden City and home of the University of Technology.